musings of an adoptive mama of one little tot from China and another on the way.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Disturb Us, O Lord

Disturb us, O Lordwhen we are too well-pleased with ourselveswhen our dreams have come true because we dreamed too little, because we sailed too close to the shore.

Disturb us, O Lordwhen with the abundance of things we possess,we have lost our thirst for the water of lifewhen, having fallen in love with time,we have ceased to dream of eternityand in our efforts to build a new earth,we have allowed our vision of Heaven to grow dim.

Stir us, O Lordto dare more boldly, to venture into wider seas where storms show Thy mastery,where losing sight of land, we shall find the stars.

In the name of Him who pushed back the horizons of our hopesand invited the brave to follow.Amen.

Prayer by Sir Frances Drake(shared with me by a friend adopting from Ethiopia)